Shadowing Practice: I Recreated VIRAL Squishies You Can Actually EAT ๐ก - Learn English Speaking with Video
ืืืจ ืืฆื ืชืจืืื
ืื ืืฆื ืคืืชื ืืืจ ืชืจืืื ืืืกื ืืื.
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ืื ืื ืฉืืชื ืฆืจืื ืืื ืืืืจ ืืฉืืฃ

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ืืืืฅ ืขื ืกืจืืื
Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video โI Recreated VIRAL Squishies You Can Actually EAT ๐กโ. This video has 459 sentences and 4029 words to shadow. The speech runs for 22:09. The speaker talks fast, about 182 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. Only 80% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| squishy adjective | /หskwษชสi/ | Yielding easily to pressure; very soft. |
| dumpling noun | /หdสmp.lษชล/ | Specifically, a ball of dough used in stews and other sauced dishes; a thick noodle. |
| edible adjective | /หษdษbษl/ | Capable of being eaten without harm; suitable for consumption; innocuous to humans. |
| mochi noun | /หmoสtสi/ | A small Japanese rice cake made from glutinous rice. |
| dough noun | /doส/ | A thick, malleable substance made by mixing flour with other ingredients such as water, eggs, or butter, that is made into a particular form and then baked. |
| gosh | /ษกษหส/ | A mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm. |
| satisfy verb | /หsรฆtษชsfaษช/ | To be enough (for) |
| jelly noun | /หdอกสษli/ | A dessert made by boiling gelatine (or a plant-based alternative such as agar or carrageenan), sugar and some flavouring (often derived from fruit) andโฆ |
| mold noun | /moสld/ | A natural substance in the form of a furry or woolly growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material lies for a long time exposed to (usually warm andโฆ |
| glitter verb | /หษกlษชtษษน/ | To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam. |
| sticky adjective | /หstษชki/ | Tending to stick; able to adhere via the drying of a viscous substance. |
| jiggle verb | /หdอกสษชษกษl/ | To shake something gently; to rattle or wiggle. |
| needle noun | /หniห.dษl/ | A long, thin, sharp implement usually for piercing as in sewing, embroidery, acupuncture, tattooing, body piercing, medical injections, sutures, etc; or aโฆ |
| stretchy adjective | /หstษนษtอกสi/ | Capable of stretching; elastic. |
| squeeze verb | /skwiหz/ | To apply pressure (to something) from two or more sides at once. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| come out verb | /หkสm หaสt/ | To be discovered; to be revealed. |
| figure out verb | To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce. | |
| work out verb | /หwษk หaสt/ | To calculate. |
| cut off verb | /หkสt หษf/ [หkษษพ หษf] | To remove by cutting. |
| end up verb | To bring to a conclusion. | |
| find out verb | To discover, as by asking or investigating. | |
| line out verb | To appear in a lineout. | |
| sold out adjective | Completely sold; of which no more is in stock. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Why don't we make them with jelly?
- What are you a jelly queen?
- How should we unmold them?
- Wait, can you do mine too?
- Do you see the problem?
ืืงืืืง ืืกืจืืื ืืื
ืืืื ืื ืฉืืืืืจ ืืฉืชืืฉ ืืื ืืื ืืจืื, ืขื ืืืืืื ืืืืืืงืืช ืืืกืจืืื:
| ืืื ื | ืืกืจืืื |
|---|---|
| ืืืื ืืืฉืื ืืืืฉื (Present perfect continuous) have/has been + -ing โ ืคืขืืื ืฉืืชืืืื ืืขืืจ ืืขืืืื ื ืืฉืืช ืขืืฉืื | have been going ยท they've been trying ยท have been using |
| ืืืื ืืืฉืื (Present perfect) have/has + past participle โ ืคืขืืื ืฉืงืจืชื ืืขืืจ ืืขืืืื ืืฉ ืื ืืฉืืืืช ืื ืืฉืคืขื ืขืืฉืื | I've never used ยท You've done ยท have set |
| ืกืืื (Passive voice) be + past participle โ ืืืืฉ ืืื ืขื ืื ืฉืงืืจื, ืื ืขื ืื ืฉืขืืฉื ืืช ืืคืขืืื | is melted ยท are filled ยท are usually filled |
| ืืฉืคืื ืืืงื (Relative clauses) who / which + clause โ ืืืืข ื ืืกืฃ ืขื ืืื ืื ืืืจ | tock which is ยท one that is ยท trying, which is |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 179 contractions and reduced forms, such as gonna, I'm, we're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The โthโ sounds: bathtub /หbรฆฮธtสb/, thicken /หฮธษชkษn/, thingy /หฮธษชลi/
- The โshโ and โzhโ sounds: squishy /หskwษชสi/, gosh /ษกษหส/, jellyfish /หdอกสษliหfษชส/, squishable /หskwษชสษbษl/, satisfaction /sรฆtษชsหfรฆkสษn/
- Long words โ get the stress right: tapioca /tรฆpiหoสkษ/, imaginable /ษชหmรฆdอกสษชnษbษl/, solidify /sษหlษชdษชหfaษช/, hierarchy /หhaษช.ษ.ษนษห(ษน).ki/, infinity /ษชnหfษชnษชti/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75ร speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like squishy, dumpling, edible.
ืืื ืืื ืืงืช ืืฉืืืืืื ื?
ืฉืืืืืื ื ืืื ืืื ืืงืช ืืืืืช ืฉืคื ืืืืกืกืช ืืืข ืฉืคืืชืื ืืืงืืจ ืืืืฉืจืช ืืชืืจืืื ืื ืืงืฆืืขืืื ืืคืืคืืืจืืช ืขื ืืื ืืคืืืืืืื ื"ืจ ืืืืกื ืืจ ืืจืืืืืก. ืืฉืืื ืคืฉืืื ืื ืขืืฆืืชืืช: ืืชื ืืงืฉืื ืืืืืื ืืื ืืืืช ืืืืืืช ืืืืืจ ืขืืื ืืงืื ืจื ืืื โ ืืื ืฆื ืืขืืงื ืืืจื ืืืืืจ ืขื ืขืืืื ืฉื 1โ2 ืฉื ืืืช ืืืื. ืื ืืืื ืืืืื ื ืคืกืืืืช ืื ืชืจืืืื ืืงืืืง, ืฉืืืืืื ื ืืืจืื ืืช ืืืื ืืืฉืจืืจืื ืืคื ืืขืื ืืืฉืืืจ ืืคืืกื ืืืืืจ ืืืืชืืื ืื ืืื ืืช. ืืืงืจืื ืืจืืื ืฉืื ืืฉืคืจ ืืฉืืขืืชืืช ืืช ืืืืง ืืืืืื, ืืืื ืืื ืฆืื, ืืงืฆื, ืืืืืืจ ืืืืืืจ, ืืื ืช ืืฉืืืขื ืืฉืืฃ ืืืืืืจ โ ืื ืฉืืืคื ืืืชื ืืืืช ืืฉืืืืช ืืืขืืืืช ืืืืชืจ ืืืื ื ืIELTS Speaking ืืืชืงืฉืืจืช ืืื ืืืืช ืืขืืื ืืืืืชื.















